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Harvey to make landfall on a stretch of coast rarely hit by hurricanes

Harvey to make landfall on a stretch of coast rarely hit by hurricanes

Texas Department of Transportation crew members use a phone to check the radar while waiting to install the final portion of a flood surge wall at the Port Aransas ferry in Aransas Pass Friday. NICK WAGNER / AMERICAN-STATESMAN

Hurricane Harvey is just the fifth major hurricane to hit the Texas Coastal Bend in the past century.

Hurricanes rated Category 3 or higher are considered major. Category 3 storms have sustained winds of 111-129 mph, category 4 storms have winds of 130-156 mph, and category 5 storms, the highest classification, have sustained winds of 157 mph or higher, according to the Saffir-Simpson Hurricane Wind Scale.

Hurricane Bret made landfall in 1999 on Padre Island with winds of 115 mph, killing four people, according to the National Weather Service. Celia made landfall in 1970 in Corpus Christi with winds of 125 mph, killing 11 people.

Hurricane “Number 2” in 1919 made landfall in Corpus Christi with winds of 140 mph, killing 284 people, and hurricane “Number 4” in 1916 made landfall in Corpus Christi with winds of 125 mph, killing 20 people, according to the weather service.

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Fifteen other major hurricanes have devastated Texas’ coast since 1900: